Hong Kong's Indigenous Democracy Origins, Evolution and Contentions [Hardcover]

This book is a unique contribution to the study of democratization in Hong Kong, with chapters including the legal tradition in Hong Kong, the features of Hong Kong's indigenous democracy, the 2014 Umbrella Movement, and the evolution of the Chief Executive election.List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Uniqueness of Hong Kong Democracy and Its Implications for Comparative Politics
1. Historical Origins of the Hong Kong Model of Democracy and Interactions with the China Factor
2. The Dual Development of Rule of Law and Judicial Independence
3. The Role of Independent Commission Against Corruption, Audit Commission, the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints, and the Equal Opportunities Commission
4. Perspectives on the Occupy Central Movement and Implications for Democratization 
5. The Chief Executive Election and Hong Kong's Indigenous Democracy 
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Sonny Lo's book on Hong Kong is timely and breaks new ground in its examination of the challenges of political change in a society that since 1997 has been pushing for more democracy from China. This study of Hong Kong also offers keen insight into China's approach to political change and protest. Bob Beatty, author of Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong

A 'must read' for anyone studying Hong Kong's political system under 'One Country, Two Systems'. This book demonstrates that Hong Kong has developed into a democracy with home-grown characteristics' within the People's Republic of China. It provides an important case study of the politics of autonomy at the sub-national level an increasingly significant phenomenon in the contemporary world. Albert H.Y. Chen, Chan Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Hong Kong

As an engaged public intellectual with local roots, Greater China l“;